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With a man who says global warming is an “expensive hoax” about to become leader of the free world, it’s no surprise that fossil fuel companies have been seen as some of the biggest beneficiaries of the US election result - while renewable energy investors have taken fright.

Donald Trump’s presidency is likely to herald a seismic shift in US domestic energy policy, unravelling many of Barack Obama’s key environmental policies.